tsetse (fly)
51tzetze fly — UK [ˈtetsɪ ˌflaɪ] / UK [ˈtsetsɪ ˌflaɪ] / US [ˈtsetsɪ ˌflaɪ] / US [ˈsetsɪ ˌflaɪ] tsetse fly …
52tzetze fly — /ˈtsɛtsi flaɪ/ (say tsetsee fluy) noun → tsetse fly …
53bee fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Bombyliidae, some of which resemble bees. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect any insect of the family Bombyliidae (order Diptera). Many resemble bees, and most have long proboscises (feeding organs)… …
54tset·se fly — /ˈsɛtsi , ˈsiːtsi / noun, pl ⋯ flies [count] : a kind of fly found in Africa that bites people and animals, sucks their blood, and can spread a serious disease (called sleeping sickness) to humans called also tsetse …
55tsetsefly — tsetse fly n. Any of several two winged bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, often carrying and transmitting pathogenic trypanosomes to humans and livestock. [Afrikaans, from Sotho (Tswana) tsêtsê.] * * * …
56Glossina morsitans — Tsetse fly (name is onomatopoeic), vector of African trypanosomiasis …
57dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …
58African trypanosomiasis — For other uses, see Sleeping sickness (disambiguation). For Sleepy sickness , see Encephalitis lethargica. African trypanosomiasis Classification and external resources Trypanosoma forms in a blood smear …
59Sleeping sickness — MedlinePlus = 001362 eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2140 MeshID = D014353 Sleeping sickness or human African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease of people and animals, caused by protozoa of species Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by… …
60Sterile insect technique — is a method of biological control, whereby millions of sterile insects are released. The released insects are normally male as it is the female that causes the damage, usually by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case of mosquitoes, taking a… …
